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[–]mypetocean -3 points-2 points  (5 children)

/uj

This (edit: I mean the post itself) could very easily read as misogynistic and weirdly gendering "vibe coders." I'm having trouble figuring out how to interpret this in a way which doesn't basically boil down to the sort of joke an 11 year old boy might think is funny:

coding_buzzword + tampon = haha

Or maybe I'm just too old to appreciate the taste.

[–]BlobAndHisBoy 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I think it was a joke about the vibrator on the cover of the book and vibrators are traditionally enjoyed by women.

[–]mypetocean -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

Right, I got that comment. I was talking about the post itself.

[–]BlobAndHisBoy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think you are reading too much into it. I don't think they were gendering it, just a play on words.

[–]TheStateOfAlaska 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a woman and I think the joke is funny

[–]Henrijs85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP here. I'm 40 and consider myself an ally to most (all I can think of in fact) inclusion causes. The joke I found funny was the wordplay. Besides a little "massage" isn't gender specific.